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REYNOLDS, Michael Denis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3109 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Greenough, Western Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Greenough, Geraldton-Greenough, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Greenough Convent, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Walkaway Greenough Road Board District Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3109, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3109, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3109, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3109, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3109 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-14 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Michael was reported wounded, then wounded and missing at Pozieres on the 14-16 August 1916. He was not confirmed as killed in action until 8 months later. No trace of him could ever be found.
His older brother, Aloysuis Patrick Anthony Reynolds, had died from meningitis whilst in camp in Melbourne, on 22 April 1916, after enlisting in the Artillery.
Their parents, James and Catherine Reynolds, lived in the small town of Walkaway, near Greenough, in Western Australia.